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they hate obama? >> yes, and some of them are not ideological, but businessmen who want regulations repealed and not reinstated and they have specific business interests and then there are those who hate the president. >> and he was brilliant, but anybody who watches can understand this, they go to a simple congressman or woman who is doing a job and say, if you don't vote for this creepy deal for the corporations that gives them a tax break for debt that nobody in the district has heard of, we are dumping a half billion against you and blowing you a wway and the congressman says, well, we will do it. >> well, the thing is that they don't have to say it. these ads can happen with a week left when the candidate does not have the ability to come in to put up an ad and they can buy up all of the ad time in the district and so people are preemptively looking out for what not to do. >> and so they kiss the butt of the right wingers. and now looking at the staggering difference of the spending of the superp
they hate obama? >> yes, and some of them are not ideological, but businessmen who want regulations repealed and not reinstated and they have specific business interests and then there are those who hate the president. >> and he was brilliant, but anybody who watches can understand this, they go to a simple congressman or woman who is doing a job and say, if you don't vote for this creepy deal for the corporations that gives them a tax break for debt that nobody in the district has...
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we know there are tremendous numbers of latinos who haven't registered so the obama camp wants to get them excited. as a political move is the romney camp right now a little bit nervous? >> i think like you said they were always a little nervous about the latino vote and who would come out to vote and if nothing else maybe latinos who came out for obama last time maybe that vote will be less so it will give romney a better chance of winning over all especially in some of the swing states like colorado. but i think now this was nothing, you know, but a pure political move. it will make certain groups very happy that he did it. he said he was going to do something. it's a last-minute proposition, but at the end the day is also going to be seen as highly political. right now the president's popularity when it comes to how he's handling things is not so good. and it was a big risk. >> is that going to make a difference though? i guess my question is it's not as though this is something so completely out of left field for the obama administration. >> yes. >> it's not like it's a big flip f
we know there are tremendous numbers of latinos who haven't registered so the obama camp wants to get them excited. as a political move is the romney camp right now a little bit nervous? >> i think like you said they were always a little nervous about the latino vote and who would come out to vote and if nothing else maybe latinos who came out for obama last time maybe that vote will be less so it will give romney a better chance of winning over all especially in some of the swing states...
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they hate obama. >> they hate obama. as david point out, a lot of them are not ideological. some of them are businessmen -- >> who want tax breaks. >> or regulations repealed or regulations that have been repealed reinstated. >> he was brilliant. he said all these groups have to do -- anybody watching can understand this, they simply go to a local congressman, a woman, who may be moderately popular. say if you don't vote for a creepy deal for corporations, that gives them tax break on debt, that nobody in your district has heard of, if you don't vote on it, we're going to blow you away. the congressman says people won't pay attention, i guess i'll do it. >> they don even have to say it. these ads can happen at a moment's notice, to the weak left, when the candidate himself or herself doesn't have the ability to put an ad together to get it up, they could come in and buy all the tv time in your district for the last weekend. people are running scared and are preemptively looking out for what not to do. >> so they kiss the butt these right wingers. bloomberg news reported on t
they hate obama. >> they hate obama. as david point out, a lot of them are not ideological. some of them are businessmen -- >> who want tax breaks. >> or regulations repealed or regulations that have been repealed reinstated. >> he was brilliant. he said all these groups have to do -- anybody watching can understand this, they simply go to a local congressman, a woman, who may be moderately popular. say if you don't vote for a creepy deal for corporations, that gives...
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signed into law by president bush and renewed by president obama in 2010. on yesterday's "morning show," larry summers, complicated the president's message a bit when he warned against any sudden moves that could put the brakes on the economy. >> the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdowns. certainly not on the side of overheating. and that means we've got to make sure that we don't take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that's got to be the top priority. we've got to make sure that we keep providing energy to the economy. and the areas where we've done that, like manufacturing, with support for the automobile industry, we haven't had great results but we've had much better results. >> later mr. summers released a statement clarifying his position. i fully support president obama's position on tax cuts, extending the high income tax cut does little for demand and poses substantial problems of fairness and fiscal prudence. the comments follow a recent interview with bill clinton where the former president appeared to break w
signed into law by president bush and renewed by president obama in 2010. on yesterday's "morning show," larry summers, complicated the president's message a bit when he warned against any sudden moves that could put the brakes on the economy. >> the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdowns. certainly not on the side of overheating. and that means we've got to make sure that we don't take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that's got to be the top...
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the biggest red flag for obama, 62% say they want major changes if he's re-elected. romney's biggest red flag, by 44-43, he is still personally viewed more negatively than positively. >> that was nbc's chuck todd reporting there. after a violent weekend in the middle east, tonight's third and final presidential debate topic of foreign policy is more timely than ever. nbc's tracie pots has a preview for us from washington this morning. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. israel, iran, syria, lebanon, libya of course. it is all expected to come up at that debate tonight. the debate is going to look a lot different, as we take a look at the debate preps in boca raton, florida. both candidates will be seated tonight. no props, no notes or anything like that. and they've got six 15-minute segments where they'll talk about the war in afghanistan, america's role in the world, and of course, the middle east and the new face of terror as it's described by the moderator, bob schieffer, who chose those topics. expect president obama, who was at camp david ov
the biggest red flag for obama, 62% say they want major changes if he's re-elected. romney's biggest red flag, by 44-43, he is still personally viewed more negatively than positively. >> that was nbc's chuck todd reporting there. after a violent weekend in the middle east, tonight's third and final presidential debate topic of foreign policy is more timely than ever. nbc's tracie pots has a preview for us from washington this morning. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good...
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foreign policy, and president obama's stewart ship of that. i think it's a calculation on his part that he -- that the st stewardship of obama, if it's something he wants to criticize and make it an issue in the campaign, maybe it will work. but it's possible the words on the issue will become the issue rather than the stewardship. >> the president is facing a diplomatic crisis. what do you think the biggest concern for the white house is diplomatically? >> i think the biggest concern is as the arab spring spread, the same thing could happen with these attacks in the embassies. the trick right now is to keep them from going viral. i think that was probably the motivating factor of the statement that was issued in the embassy in cairo yesterday, to try and keep this from spreading the way the arab spring did. this is going to be a problem throughout the arab spring events as they unfold. in each of these countries, you have a group that wants to reintegrate with the world and focus on markets and focus on prosperity, and focus on good governor
foreign policy, and president obama's stewart ship of that. i think it's a calculation on his part that he -- that the st stewardship of obama, if it's something he wants to criticize and make it an issue in the campaign, maybe it will work. but it's possible the words on the issue will become the issue rather than the stewardship. >> the president is facing a diplomatic crisis. what do you think the biggest concern for the white house is diplomatically? >> i think the biggest...
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mitt romney is the obama care daddy. he gave birth to this baby up in massachusetts and now he doesn't recognize it and can't pick out any strains in the hereditary chain there that look like anything he did in massachusetts. >> recent comments from house speaker john boehner about romney's prospects with voters are coming under scrutiny. according to "roll call" while at a fund-raiser someone asked boehner can you make me love mitt romney. boehner reportedly responded no, adding the american people probably aren't going to fall in love with mitt romney. i'll tell you this, 95% of the people that show up to vote in november are going to show up in that voting booth and they are going to vote for or against barack obama. >>> a new u.s.a. today poll of 12 swing states including boehner's home state of ohio gives president obama the narrowest of leads. the poll has the president in a statistical tie with mitt romney ahead by just 2%. both sides have focused millions of dollars in tv ads in those critical battlegrounds. but
mitt romney is the obama care daddy. he gave birth to this baby up in massachusetts and now he doesn't recognize it and can't pick out any strains in the hereditary chain there that look like anything he did in massachusetts. >> recent comments from house speaker john boehner about romney's prospects with voters are coming under scrutiny. according to "roll call" while at a fund-raiser someone asked boehner can you make me love mitt romney. boehner reportedly responded no,...
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. >> obama has spoken in the past about tax reform. it's the general understanding of that is you get rid of the loopholes. in my opinion, you lower rates. you don't even have to flatten it out as much as smooth it out. >> fair enough. >> and so he doesn't do that. he talks about more subsidies for green energy. what he could do -- what he would have to do to present a problem to what you're talking about, the solution would be raising taxes on the middle class. if you want to close the budget deficit, you're going to have to close loopholes not just on the rich, but the above average. >> you see people solving problems. whether you look at the solutions in this country that reduce costs, by 90%, and these things are not even in the federal conversation. >> i'm feeling cynical for america. so i'm just going to throw it out there. >> don't feel bad. we have a new baby. we're good to go. >> austerity sweeping reform is really really hard. we have had us a tausterity mea in the uccu events center uk they got pushed through. >> is it possi
. >> obama has spoken in the past about tax reform. it's the general understanding of that is you get rid of the loopholes. in my opinion, you lower rates. you don't even have to flatten it out as much as smooth it out. >> fair enough. >> and so he doesn't do that. he talks about more subsidies for green energy. what he could do -- what he would have to do to present a problem to what you're talking about, the solution would be raising taxes on the middle class. if you want to...
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obama is handling his job. nearly two-thirds of the americans surveyed are unhappy with the president's actions on gas prices, and almost half think that prices will keep going up. >>> well now here's your "first look" at some of the other news going on around america today. newly released video from kentucky shows the fury of the deadly tornado that swept through there earlier this month. an entire roof was just ripped away in seconds. a man was trapped in his pickup truck as buildings all around him were shredded by the twister, which claimed six lives. >>> there was also wild weather in hawaii. there was this waterspout right there that is making its way on to a small island during a thunderstorm. why not add some lightning strikes in there? when the waterspout hit land, it turned into a small tornado, seriously damaging one home. >>> talk about a wild turkey. a michigan woman is being accosted by the fearless bird every time she heads outside her home. it even went after a news crew that came out to see for
obama is handling his job. nearly two-thirds of the americans surveyed are unhappy with the president's actions on gas prices, and almost half think that prices will keep going up. >>> well now here's your "first look" at some of the other news going on around america today. newly released video from kentucky shows the fury of the deadly tornado that swept through there earlier this month. an entire roof was just ripped away in seconds. a man was trapped in his pickup truck...
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obama did sign it into law. it very well could happen, and it seems as though obama might have just taken his biggest bargaining chip off the table. the "wall street journal" and politico called it a huge gaffe today. i liked john mccain's response. >> i was astonished and almost fell out of my chair when he said don't worry, sequestration won't happen. we begged the president to come and sit down to avoid what his own secretary of defense has said would be a devastating blow to our national security. he said, don't worry. sequestration won't happen. he's not a dictator yet. >> he's not a dictator yet. it was a very bizarre moment, and again, romney said nothing. >> do we have an option of making his the dictator? is that what we're learning? >> you would if you could. i know it. i know it. >> who are the candidates? what are they for? be specific. what are their names? we'll clue krystal in, and we'll talk about all the foreign language stuff last night with lieutenant colonel and they'll tell us which candidat
obama did sign it into law. it very well could happen, and it seems as though obama might have just taken his biggest bargaining chip off the table. the "wall street journal" and politico called it a huge gaffe today. i liked john mccain's response. >> i was astonished and almost fell out of my chair when he said don't worry, sequestration won't happen. we begged the president to come and sit down to avoid what his own secretary of defense has said would be a devastating blow to...
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embrace obama. >> i'm supporting president obama and linda mcmahon. >> i'll vote for barack obama and linda mcmahon this year. >> linda mcmahon does not support the health care law. she believes the president were responsible for the slow economic recovery. so why embrace president obama? smart strategy? desperate move? it's our "news nation" gut check. we'll play you more of that ad and check out the "news nation" tumblr page. you'll find behind the scenes pics. some of my team members there giving you their best smiles. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended
embrace obama. >> i'm supporting president obama and linda mcmahon. >> i'll vote for barack obama and linda mcmahon this year. >> linda mcmahon does not support the health care law. she believes the president were responsible for the slow economic recovery. so why embrace president obama? smart strategy? desperate move? it's our "news nation" gut check. we'll play you more of that ad and check out the "news nation" tumblr page. you'll find behind the scenes...
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today president obama was in florida and in ohio. he was mining last night's debate for stump speech possibilities. >> if you say that you love american cars during a debate but you wrote an article titled "let detroit go bankrupt", you might have romnesia. if you talk about how much you love teachers during a debate but said just a few weeks ago that we shouldn't hire anymore because they won't grow the economy, what do you have? i bet you got some romnesia. >> the the obama campaign reached into virginia as well today where bruce springsteen campaigned for the president by way of a free concert. a free get out the vote concert. romney's stops included nevada and colorado. he will touch down in four states by the end of the day thursday. today he also talked to supporters in henderson, nevada, about how much he thinks the debates helped him. >> my guess is you had the the chance to watch that debate last night, maybe a couple of the debates. and these debates have super charged our campaign. there's no question about it. we're seein
today president obama was in florida and in ohio. he was mining last night's debate for stump speech possibilities. >> if you say that you love american cars during a debate but you wrote an article titled "let detroit go bankrupt", you might have romnesia. if you talk about how much you love teachers during a debate but said just a few weeks ago that we shouldn't hire anymore because they won't grow the economy, what do you have? i bet you got some romnesia. >> the the...
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that's a big deal. >> let me play what president obama, that's one area where president obama hit him. let me play exactly what the president had to say about that. >> for 18 months he's been running on this tax plan. and now five weeks before the election he's saying that his big bold idea is nevermind. >> governor pataki, does governor romney owe his performance last night to the fact that he's pivoting more to the middle? >> not at all. he's been consistent with his campaign and what he's always believed in. you had a clip on how he worked with democrats. anybody who is a republican governor in a blue state can't get anything done unless they work with democrats. president obama has been one of the most partisan presidents in washington i've ever seen in my lifetime. >> what about this $5 trillion tax cut? >> it's ridiculous. >> here's what the fact checker at "the new york times" said. he's proposed cutting marginal tax rates by 20%, which would in and of itself cut tax revenue by $5 trillion to make up that revenue mr. romney has said he wants to clear out the underbrush of deduc
that's a big deal. >> let me play what president obama, that's one area where president obama hit him. let me play exactly what the president had to say about that. >> for 18 months he's been running on this tax plan. and now five weeks before the election he's saying that his big bold idea is nevermind. >> governor pataki, does governor romney owe his performance last night to the fact that he's pivoting more to the middle? >> not at all. he's been consistent with his...
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. 9% or 10% are obama walker supporters. that could change, but it's a reminder that even in a state like wisconsin there is still a middle and the governor more than held his own with that. if you look at his support, they were not all rapid republicans, but people who had a favorable view of employee unions and not all of whoom whom favored the changes. they were not ready to take the step. >> the whole role of outside money. the republicans have been saying there is a lot of outside union money that comes in here. the bottom line is that walker outspent the democrats 7-1? >> we think about 30 million in outside spending, the bulk of which was by conservative crews. scott walker spent about 30 $1/2 million. you are not going to win most of that by that case. money was talking about governor meg whitman. but, money does matter, particularly i do think this gets under estimated. scott walker ran a good campaign. he is a good candidate whether you agree or disagree, he was laser wide focused on the campaign and raised the mon
. 9% or 10% are obama walker supporters. that could change, but it's a reminder that even in a state like wisconsin there is still a middle and the governor more than held his own with that. if you look at his support, they were not all rapid republicans, but people who had a favorable view of employee unions and not all of whoom whom favored the changes. they were not ready to take the step. >> the whole role of outside money. the republicans have been saying there is a lot of outside...
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session to be over as the obama camp. theyon't wt e m news and expose their candidate's frailties in this area. >> one of the big criticisms we've heard about the president is thate was elected with the expectation that he would be this transformational president and part of that transformation would build with foreign that leaders and his critics have said pretty harshly that this would be a president who has not yet developed personal relationships that can sometimes define a strong foreign policy. why? >>hat is a ccism yr fromf president obama's admirers and friend, that he doesn't make that connection not only with foreign leaders, but with congressional leaders. that he's a little too remote. that there hasn't been follow-up to the cairopeech that he gave in 2009 wherewaski abedinhe relationships and that there haven't been enough follow-up, enough hard work done. after the so-called arab spring to make sure that things did not off the trackses as much as the united states ctr that. this is obviously a revolutionary
session to be over as the obama camp. theyon't wt e m news and expose their candidate's frailties in this area. >> one of the big criticisms we've heard about the president is thate was elected with the expectation that he would be this transformational president and part of that transformation would build with foreign that leaders and his critics have said pretty harshly that this would be a president who has not yet developed personal relationships that can sometimes define a strong...
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right now, we have obama in a real fight with us. the fight over energy has been a bi-play between newt gingrich and barack obama. that's the fight the american people want and they see newt as the fighter carrying the message. >> success breeding success and all things being what they are, sheldon adelson has been bankrolling the gingrich campaign, but one source quoted him as he may have written his last check. do you know if adelson is still behind newt gingrich? >> i have no idea. we do not maintain contact with that super pac. we're not supposed to. we don't. and so i have no idea on that. >> all right. thank you so much. bob walker, gingrich campaign chair. we'll bring back our panel now. they're all still with me. michael, your take on what we heard from bob and moving forward. >> they have a way forward and that way forward is the fact that the rules allowing for greater play among the candidates. there's been a lot of whining and moaning and groaning about this process. dwes what? you can hate the game sometimes, but in this
right now, we have obama in a real fight with us. the fight over energy has been a bi-play between newt gingrich and barack obama. that's the fight the american people want and they see newt as the fighter carrying the message. >> success breeding success and all things being what they are, sheldon adelson has been bankrolling the gingrich campaign, but one source quoted him as he may have written his last check. do you know if adelson is still behind newt gingrich? >> i have no...
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today both president obama and his presumed republican presidential rival mitt romney will be celebrating and participating in observances. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of bikers roared into the nation's capital on the 25th annual run of rolling thunder. a moving tribute to americans who served and sacrificed. many of these bikers are veterans. and in this election year, they could be the key to winning the white house. current and former military members are well represented in several swing states, including florida. and that has president obama and republican mitt romney focusing on veterans and the issues that affect them. >> it's not enough just to make a speech about how much we value veterans. it's not enough just to remember them on memorial day. >> reporter: while president obama's touting what he's done to help veterans, mitt romney promises to keep the military itself strong. he'll be marking memorial day with john mccain who lost the 2008 election but won with veterans. the senator and war hero is paying tribute to the heroes he served with in
today both president obama and his presumed republican presidential rival mitt romney will be celebrating and participating in observances. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of bikers roared into the nation's capital on the 25th annual run of rolling thunder. a moving tribute to americans who served and sacrificed. many of these bikers are veterans. and in this election year, they could be the key to winning the white house. current and former military members...
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his own voting bloc. >> obama is saying you shouldn't be left out in the cold. the political danger of romney is it sounds like you're out in the cold, and i don't care. >> that's not what he said. >> there's a difference considering yourself a victim and believe the government can be beneficial and do good things in the society. they're a difference there between thinking that the government can do good or -- >> obama is predicating his entire game of victim -- >> on the premise that government can do good for society. >> that you need government to day care of you. that's his campaign message. i'm not inventing this. obama is tells you you need government to take care of you. >> that's not what he's telling you. >> boris, thanks for joining us. >>> another deadly afak in afghanistan triggers ways in how america trains afghan troops. what it means for getting u.s. troops out. that's straight ahead. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put y
his own voting bloc. >> obama is saying you shouldn't be left out in the cold. the political danger of romney is it sounds like you're out in the cold, and i don't care. >> that's not what he said. >> there's a difference considering yourself a victim and believe the government can be beneficial and do good things in the society. they're a difference there between thinking that the government can do good or -- >> obama is predicating his entire game of victim -- >>...
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>> president obama. >> you have a question for who? >> for mitt romney, are you a robot and, if so, where is your on/off switch so we can switch you off. >> question for who? >> i do not have a question. >> are you going to vote to this year? >> yes, i am going to vote. >> for mitt romney, what loopholes -- >> that's my question, too. >> for president obama, how do you plan on closing the deficit. >> how does the bomb in syria change the policies in the foreign east. >> what? >> turkey and syria, just he is ask lated the syrian conflict. >> what side of the fence are you on? >> i don't have a dog in the race yet. i'm just curious on what the policy will be. >> you're not turkish are you? >> no. >> i've been in health care for 37 years as a provider and i am completely 100% for the affordable health care act. thank you president obama. >> i just want to know what we're going to do about the student's act. >> what percentage do you pay in interest? >> well, mine's a government debt. i don't have any private debt. >> i paid 3% in college.
>> president obama. >> you have a question for who? >> for mitt romney, are you a robot and, if so, where is your on/off switch so we can switch you off. >> question for who? >> i do not have a question. >> are you going to vote to this year? >> yes, i am going to vote. >> for mitt romney, what loopholes -- >> that's my question, too. >> for president obama, how do you plan on closing the deficit. >> how does the bomb in syria...
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during the obama administration, each year growth is dropping. all the goals, all the targets that president obama has laid out in terms of growth rates, unemployment rates, those have all fallen short by a significant amount. his 2010 budget had us growing at 4.6% this year. we'll be at 1.3% this year. today the "wall street journal" had a survey of 50 economists. they think unemployment is not going to be better six months from now than it is right now. that is a tragedy for millions of americans. the 23 million americans out of a job or can't find a job or have dropped out of the work force because this obama economy. they've begin up. >> do you think we'll hear more about the economy if these are questions for real people? this is more foreign policy than some people expected last night. we have an entire foreign policy debate coming up. is this debate going to be about the economy? >> the next debate will be domestic and about the economy. i think it is a great opportunity for obama to have a conversation with the american people and people
during the obama administration, each year growth is dropping. all the goals, all the targets that president obama has laid out in terms of growth rates, unemployment rates, those have all fallen short by a significant amount. his 2010 budget had us growing at 4.6% this year. we'll be at 1.3% this year. today the "wall street journal" had a survey of 50 economists. they think unemployment is not going to be better six months from now than it is right now. that is a tragedy for...
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and his chances of beating barack obama. so we will continue with the message. >> senator, is it time to retool the campaign and need a more organized message. some people suggest that a message is not getting side tracked by good morning y'all and that kind of sound bite. >> i think that the governor has a strong message. i saw it in missouri yesterday. i mean, he really went after the president's policies, his failure on the economy. the enormous growing deficit and debt that has the potential to mortgage the future of our children. it's a powerful message, it's why he has won the overwhelming majority of the primary it is and split the caucuses and been competitive everywhere. >> okay. thank you very much. senator. >> and russia has admitted today what the rest of the world knew all along. they are supplying weapons to syria assad and it claimed that the weapons are for defense not offense. not for slaughters anti-government protesters, but leading senators are calling for the u.s. to cut ties with a russian firm that sol
and his chances of beating barack obama. so we will continue with the message. >> senator, is it time to retool the campaign and need a more organized message. some people suggest that a message is not getting side tracked by good morning y'all and that kind of sound bite. >> i think that the governor has a strong message. i saw it in missouri yesterday. i mean, he really went after the president's policies, his failure on the economy. the enormous growing deficit and debt that has...
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today both president obama and his presumed republican presidential rival mitt romney will be celebrating and participating in observances. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of bikers roared into the nation's capital on the 25th annual run of rolling thunder. a moving tribute to americans who served and sacrificed. many of these bikers are veterans. and in this election year, they could be the key to winning the white house. current and former military members are well represented in several swing states, including florida. and that has president obama and republican mitt romney focusing on veterans and the issues that affect them. >> it's not enough just to make a speech about how much we value veterans. it's not enough just to remember them on memorial day. >> reporter: president obama's touting what he's done to help veterans. mitt romney promises to keep the military itself strong. he'll be marking memorial day with john mccain who lost the 2008 election, but won with veterans. the senator and war hero is paying tribute to the heroes he served with in the v
today both president obama and his presumed republican presidential rival mitt romney will be celebrating and participating in observances. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of bikers roared into the nation's capital on the 25th annual run of rolling thunder. a moving tribute to americans who served and sacrificed. many of these bikers are veterans. and in this election year, they could be the key to winning the white house. current and former military members...
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. >> president obama once said he wants everyone in america to go college. what a snob. [ applause ] >> i understand why eptss you to go to college. he wants to remake you in his image. >> on top of that, we saw the president responded to that already today by pointing out without mentioning santorum by name, he was addressing the governors that he has been talking about community colleges and all kinds of training for those in vocational fields. it sounded like santorum was taking the college plan outs of context and we know the difference in earnings capability for those that completed a higher degree and those who have-nots. >> even conservatives like pete winner and kathleen parker have a lot of intellectual sympathy for santorum, point out it's not smart. it may reflect his heart and inspire some part of the base, and the press is interested in pursuing him, but there's a discipline of the mouth required to get elected president and santorum is not doing himself favors talking about it. and we saw earlier today, alice stewart, his spokes person, and san
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i think obama has shown a willingness to compromise. i don't think that's been reciprocated by the opposition party. i was in a conference last weekend where barbara bush said that compromise in washington has become a dirty word. compromise is the only way to get things done in washington. it seems like there's an inability for some on both sides of the aisle to reach out. that's the way things get done. >> mark, talk a little bit about the role of the media in presidential effectiveness. he was kind of as we look back, he's not a compelling figure on tv and the media has become such an indispensable tool. would lbj be as effective today? >> that's difficult to say, but remember the media is extraordinary important. we have a 24/7 news cycle which we didn't have back then. he didn't present the best face on camera. but again, lbj understood how to get things done. people who mattered to say yes. that's still vitally important in american politics. it was then. it is now. >> well, it does -- just a couple seconds left. it does suggest t
i think obama has shown a willingness to compromise. i don't think that's been reciprocated by the opposition party. i was in a conference last weekend where barbara bush said that compromise in washington has become a dirty word. compromise is the only way to get things done in washington. it seems like there's an inability for some on both sides of the aisle to reach out. that's the way things get done. >> mark, talk a little bit about the role of the media in presidential...
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is that a snub of president obama? is that just showing russian -- that russia is russia and it's going to be difficult and has not been as helpful as we would like in syria, and iran and other places? >> the relationship with russia also is something at the moment is a little dicey, partially this has all to do as far as, this would be my analysis with president putin's domestic issues and his desire all of a sudden to re-create himself as the power center. and he's always been kind of mixed in terms of nato and i think it's not -- i do not see it as i an snub. i do see it as something which is internal to russia and the way that they're behaving on missile defense has to do with putin living up to his own legend of returning russia to power. but the relationship on a day to day basis is a lot of stuff goes on between us and the russians. >> and a lot of it isn't very good or very helpful. madame secretary, thank you so much for being with us. >> it's great to be with you in chicago. we see each other many places. >>
is that a snub of president obama? is that just showing russian -- that russia is russia and it's going to be difficult and has not been as helpful as we would like in syria, and iran and other places? >> the relationship with russia also is something at the moment is a little dicey, partially this has all to do as far as, this would be my analysis with president putin's domestic issues and his desire all of a sudden to re-create himself as the power center. and he's always been kind of...
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look, last week, even during the presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, the obama campaign tried to push on twitter the idea that mitt romney was being inappropriately testy. they tried so hard to push the testy mitt idea. they tried so hard to make that into a thing that people should feel about that debate. >> he got testy about it. he got testy about being on defense. i think that came across to the american people. >> a testy governor romney who spent the entire time on defense. >> i think for some folks at home it probably came across a little testy. >> yeah, no. nice try. i mean, maybe mitt romney was testy, at the presidential debate, and maybe joe biden did laugh in paul ryan's face all night at the vice presidential debate. but that is in part because these guys, mitt romney and joe biden, were pumped and they were pumped because they were obviously winning their debates. and complaining about that does not change that. but the other person who was pumped last night and whose performance was both winning and, therefore, grating to the side who came out the
look, last week, even during the presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, the obama campaign tried to push on twitter the idea that mitt romney was being inappropriately testy. they tried so hard to push the testy mitt idea. they tried so hard to make that into a thing that people should feel about that debate. >> he got testy about it. he got testy about being on defense. i think that came across to the american people. >> a testy governor romney who spent the...
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we've had the obama team, team obama, all combined, reporting $114 million for august. $111 million for romney. both of these campaigns are going to be well funded enough, aren't they, to do what they need to do. >> both the campaigns themselves and the outside groups. the question isn't how much money but how they spend it. one of the memorable television commercials in this race, one of the memorable highly produced events there aren't many beyond the conventions on either side. i think the trick for governor romney's campaign is to say look, the unemployment rate has been bad, the economy is bad, people don't like the direction of the country, why aren't we ahead already. partly has to do with more introduction of mitt romney but martially has to do with -- partly with some sort of advertising or events that crystallize for people what they think about the president and prospect of four more years. they have not done that. as a snap shot of today, the more money isn't going to benefit them unless they spend it well. >> and chris, finally, what about the weekend interviews where david
we've had the obama team, team obama, all combined, reporting $114 million for august. $111 million for romney. both of these campaigns are going to be well funded enough, aren't they, to do what they need to do. >> both the campaigns themselves and the outside groups. the question isn't how much money but how they spend it. one of the memorable television commercials in this race, one of the memorable highly produced events there aren't many beyond the conventions on either side. i think...
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obama, anti-energy from the beginning. now, according to newt gingrich and his 30-minute infomercial, the obama administration is, quote, anti-oil. in fact-based world, here's what's actually happening to the american oil industry during the obama administration. "the number of oil rigs in u.s. oil fields has more than quadrupled in the past three years. the united states now has more rigs at work than the entire rest of the world." okay, maddow, but just because we have more oil rigs now, that doesn't mean we're actually producing more oil. yes, yes, it does, actually. this was u.s. oil production during the last four years of the bush administration. that's the number of barrels produced per year. here's what's happened under president obama. yeah, oh, hey, look, oil production is up. we are producing more oil right now than we did at any point during george w. bush's second term. >> look, president obama has been anti-energy from the beginning. >> sure he has. and i'm the homecoming queen. >> the president even gave a l
obama, anti-energy from the beginning. now, according to newt gingrich and his 30-minute infomercial, the obama administration is, quote, anti-oil. in fact-based world, here's what's actually happening to the american oil industry during the obama administration. "the number of oil rigs in u.s. oil fields has more than quadrupled in the past three years. the united states now has more rigs at work than the entire rest of the world." okay, maddow, but just because we have more oil rigs...
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. >>> president obama back to the white house today after a trip to the big apple. he went to new york city for a fund-raiser at a midtown hotel, closed to the media. 60 donors attended, contributing $40,000 each for a total of more than $20 million for the 2012 election. his campaign is being outspent by republicans, mostly on negative advertising. >>> for the first time, democratic party will include support for gay marriage in its official platform. delegates at the democratic party convention in charlotte, north carolina, in september, will formally approve the platform. it's unclear if the platform language will call for national action to legalize same-sex marriage. you probably remember in may, president obama said he personally supports gay marriage, but considers it a state issue, not a federal matter. >>> now to colorado, where the suspect in the july 20th movie theater massacre that left 12 dead and wounded dozens more, back in court monday to face formal charges. the hearing didn't take long. but provided some insight into how prosecutors plan to move fo
. >>> president obama back to the white house today after a trip to the big apple. he went to new york city for a fund-raiser at a midtown hotel, closed to the media. 60 donors attended, contributing $40,000 each for a total of more than $20 million for the 2012 election. his campaign is being outspent by republicans, mostly on negative advertising. >>> for the first time, democratic party will include support for gay marriage in its official platform. delegates at the...
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he's got to run on obama. and even when donald trump is pimping romney he has to do it by going after obama. we have twoen candidates for the next two months who can't run on their own records and i think that means we're going to see a lot of red her igs like this. >> steve, you were a newt gingrich supporter. newt gingrich is to appear with mitt romney, donald trump. does that change your opinions about mitt romney moving forward, the fact that newt gingrich is throwing his support behind him and showing up on the campaign trail with him? >> no, i'm 38 years old, and i think a lot of folks that grew up in younger again rashgenerat not just proxies. when they speak for us, we don't check our minds. newt gingrich isn't on the ballot, mitt romney is. it's mitt romney's responsibility to sell people on voting for him, nobody else. >> so michael, let me ask you, under what circumstances do you think romney's association with donald trump could backfire? do you see this igniting the obama base or is this just some
he's got to run on obama. and even when donald trump is pimping romney he has to do it by going after obama. we have twoen candidates for the next two months who can't run on their own records and i think that means we're going to see a lot of red her igs like this. >> steve, you were a newt gingrich supporter. newt gingrich is to appear with mitt romney, donald trump. does that change your opinions about mitt romney moving forward, the fact that newt gingrich is throwing his support...
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there are conflicting versions from the obama administration and libyan officials about who exactly was behind last week's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. nbc's brian mooar has details. >> reporter: was the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya spontaneous, or did terrorists use a protest over an anti-islamic film as cover? >> opportunistic extremist elements came to the consulate as this was unfolding. they came with heavy weapons which unfortunately are readily available in post-revolutionary lib libya. >> reporter: libya's interim president says it was coordinated by not by libyans. >> it was planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago. >> reporter: libyan officials say they have rounded up dozens of suspects. the fbi is hoping to deliver a definitive answer on what happened but has been unable to reach the consulate in benghazi because it's still too dangerous. the waves of anti-american protests from north africa to asia appear to be ebbing but critics of current u.s. policy say the protests are not the problem. they're a sympto
there are conflicting versions from the obama administration and libyan officials about who exactly was behind last week's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. nbc's brian mooar has details. >> reporter: was the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya spontaneous, or did terrorists use a protest over an anti-islamic film as cover? >> opportunistic extremist elements came to the consulate as this was unfolding. they came with heavy weapons which unfortunately are...
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is at 46% and romney at 44% and obama at 47% and santorum 44%. i think the white house would love to battle santorum. >> not a close call at all. the white house stories have been that they have been looking at santorum's record that, is insane. >> do you think the white house put that out as a head fake? >> i do think so. >> you think -- i think the democrats would love to run against santorum. i think they feel they would take the house back. they feel he would be a terrific person to run against, the idea that it's racheting up because they are getting prepped early is silly or hard to take seriously. >> the white house will run different campaigns against romney or santorum. so what their campaign looks like is up in the air as long as the contest is up in the air too. it helps because he does not have to spend as much money in the general election. >> if that satan question comes to the floor, something tells me that the democratic voter base will get beggined up. nato's latest response and what it means for the u.s. military efforts, that i
is at 46% and romney at 44% and obama at 47% and santorum 44%. i think the white house would love to battle santorum. >> not a close call at all. the white house stories have been that they have been looking at santorum's record that, is insane. >> do you think the white house put that out as a head fake? >> i do think so. >> you think -- i think the democrats would love to run against santorum. i think they feel they would take the house back. they feel he would be a...
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learn more at keller.edu. >>> president obama and british prime minister, david cameron are about to speak at a joint news conference, we have gotten reports of an explosion from a base in afghanistan of a british base. mick, can you tell us more about these reports at camp bastian, i believe it is. my read out said that there are allegations that it could have been a suicide attack. what intelligence do you have to share with us? >> tall details are sketchy. there was a bit of a scare just about the time that secretary panetta's plane was landing at a british air base in afghanistan, when a lone driver in a stolen truck managed to drive on to the run way of that air strip. now that driver somehow ended up crashing into a ditch and the truck burst into flames. the driver severely burned. there was, apparently, at this point, we received no mention of disclose i ha explosives, but the secretary's plane was forced to divert in that air field and park in another place. now, amazingly the -- there are a number of press people that are accompanying the secretary this incident happened hou
learn more at keller.edu. >>> president obama and british prime minister, david cameron are about to speak at a joint news conference, we have gotten reports of an explosion from a base in afghanistan of a british base. mick, can you tell us more about these reports at camp bastian, i believe it is. my read out said that there are allegations that it could have been a suicide attack. what intelligence do you have to share with us? >> tall details are sketchy. there was a bit of a...
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his job was to nominate obama for a second term in 2012. i really believe at the end of that speech if he had said, hey, while we're at it, can we nominate hillary for 2016 as the successor, by acclimation, that place would have done it. the change in mood toward the kk clintons was amazing. >> can hillary count on the same level of support, especially if the republicans, for example, were to run say marco rubio? >> absolutely. i mean, if hillary clinton when she ran against president obama actually won the latino vote 2 to 1. more importantly, a lot of lee tonos will remember how prosperous they were under a clinton administration versus a bush administration. not only would they definitely fall in line behind hillary clinton, but also let's not forget that latinas outvote their male counterparts. so they will be leading the charge in the polling booth in favor of hillary clinton no doubt. >> wow, i cannot wait. already licking my lips at the thought of it. thank you all. >>> next, the folks behind that hash tag fire boehner tell us who wo
his job was to nominate obama for a second term in 2012. i really believe at the end of that speech if he had said, hey, while we're at it, can we nominate hillary for 2016 as the successor, by acclimation, that place would have done it. the change in mood toward the kk clintons was amazing. >> can hillary count on the same level of support, especially if the republicans, for example, were to run say marco rubio? >> absolutely. i mean, if hillary clinton when she ran against...
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now, president obama is a good debater. i think generally what governor kritty was saying is when the stakes are this high in an election like this, when you have -- when you've added $5 trillion in debt and we have the worst economy since the great depression and now we're seeing our foreign policy collapse around the world, they tend to be independent voters anyway and they tend to focus on the debate. the debates are significant, and i would agree with that? is it pretty clear that if governor romney is writing op-eds 48 hours before that's supposed to be about economy and domestic policy that he's trying to send a signal to jim laird that he wants libya brought up? >> i don't think he's going to mind if libya's brought up. it's a collapse of our foreign policy. really what we're seeing -- >> you say a collapse of foreign policy. well, go ahead. finish your tlans and then i want to talk about that for a minute. >> sure. i think it's going to be a domestic policy debate. i'm sure romney's main message is going to be, look
now, president obama is a good debater. i think generally what governor kritty was saying is when the stakes are this high in an election like this, when you have -- when you've added $5 trillion in debt and we have the worst economy since the great depression and now we're seeing our foreign policy collapse around the world, they tend to be independent voters anyway and they tend to focus on the debate. the debates are significant, and i would agree with that? is it pretty clear that if...
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obama is leading that. the interpretation is a problem. >> couldn't also the fact that the president was so roundly criticized for the debate performance and there is a sense on the left that, oh, my god he has to get his game back. couldn't that be good for him? right now in terms of highly interested voters 79% of the gop compared to 70% in 2008. for democrats, 70% interested now compared to 83% in 2008. maybe out's good for democrats to feel the heat and go to the polls. >> it's good to feel they are losing. i beg to differ with my learned counsel over there, but the race has tightened up. that's what we saw in 2004 as well. john kerry was six to eight points behind before the first debate. he turned in a strong performance and the race narrowed to two points. almost identical to what we are seeing now. the polls have moved and what happened was he improved his performance and the polls opened audiotape bit. not as much as predebate but enough to get a two or three-point victory in the end. do democrats
obama is leading that. the interpretation is a problem. >> couldn't also the fact that the president was so roundly criticized for the debate performance and there is a sense on the left that, oh, my god he has to get his game back. couldn't that be good for him? right now in terms of highly interested voters 79% of the gop compared to 70% in 2008. for democrats, 70% interested now compared to 83% in 2008. maybe out's good for democrats to feel the heat and go to the polls. >> it's...
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position, obama himself reached that conclusion. i do not think a lot of democrats mind having the fight. they think that republicans are over playing their hand, support for contraception is a majority position probably even with catholics as long as they do not feel the governmenti is pushing their values. there are states where clearlily democrats would prefer not to have on get in the middle of this problem. but i think the activists to democrats side won't let them off the hook. in other words, they want to fight just as much as republicans do. >> and there's an unintended consequence, the last person that wants to have this conversation is mitt romney as he is fighting with rick santorum when it comes to this issue? >> that is right. he wants to diminish the social issues all together, because that mays to santorum's strong card with activists. >> you know, there's always some sort of slice of the electorate that is what we do not think it is. a private funeral service will be held for whitney houston this saturday at her home
position, obama himself reached that conclusion. i do not think a lot of democrats mind having the fight. they think that republicans are over playing their hand, support for contraception is a majority position probably even with catholics as long as they do not feel the governmenti is pushing their values. there are states where clearlily democrats would prefer not to have on get in the middle of this problem. but i think the activists to democrats side won't let them off the hook. in other...
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tension between what the military wanted in terms of the nation building and making it a win and the obama add pings. i just wrote a piece for the guardian a couple weeks ago that looked at this. they pushed for a surgery aens operation because they wanted a win-win. and biden was the driver of the vice president, and twelve. it's been a tight, tight debate. >> so hell with the cast of america as our awareness of atrocity explodes -- thank you, youtube, thank you, facebook, thank you, internet, et cetera -- thanks to our potency of it increases. >> 600,000 people have got post-traumatic stress disorder, problems with brain damage. americans, 600,000 americans in trouble. someone is not looking out for you. 1.4 trillion in debt against afghanistan? i worry about america here. >> there is no reason to worry. this is all my optics. i shouldn't say these things. and very little. >> one of the divides between theie let's a-- the elites, and they will always see us as having a bigger national role while a lot of the country will see more what's in the u.s. interests. >> to her point. >> yeah, am
tension between what the military wanted in terms of the nation building and making it a win and the obama add pings. i just wrote a piece for the guardian a couple weeks ago that looked at this. they pushed for a surgery aens operation because they wanted a win-win. and biden was the driver of the vice president, and twelve. it's been a tight, tight debate. >> so hell with the cast of america as our awareness of atrocity explodes -- thank you, youtube, thank you, facebook, thank you,...
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president obama was born in hawaii. the only advantage i can see for mitt romney is that it helps him -- donald trump is helping him raise money. i think it comes to some considerable cost to mitt romney. >> the las vegas son got ahold of campaign documents. the goal is to raise $2 million. $657,000 is already pledged. people keep asking why mitt romney wants donald trump around. is it as simple as money, david? >> pretty much. the president is going to raise a lot of money and mitt romney needs to compete. i think what we have found over the years is that a lot of us do a lot of talking about this person helping this candidate raise money and this weird person helping that candidate raise money. they know it takes money to win elections. unless somebody is really extreme and outside the mainstream it doesn't matter at the end of the day. in the wider world donald trump is seen as an entertainer and a businessman. that's about it. so i think mitt romney has made the calculation that this is about raising money. he does
president obama was born in hawaii. the only advantage i can see for mitt romney is that it helps him -- donald trump is helping him raise money. i think it comes to some considerable cost to mitt romney. >> the las vegas son got ahold of campaign documents. the goal is to raise $2 million. $657,000 is already pledged. people keep asking why mitt romney wants donald trump around. is it as simple as money, david? >> pretty much. the president is going to raise a lot of money and mitt...
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president obama plays tough. governor romney plays it safe. >> i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east. our navy is smaller than any time since 1917. that's unacceptable to me. i want to make sure we have the ships required by our
president obama plays tough. governor romney plays it safe. >> i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east. our navy is smaller than any time since 1917. that's unacceptable to me. i want to make sure we have the ships required by our
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the obama campaign believes this could be serious. the populations that tend to not have an id are minorities, young people, the very constituencies we just talked about a second ago that are going to be important to obama's victory if that happens in the fall. this is a big push for them to educate voters and to educate volunteers on how to get around some of these laws and make sure people are prepared, know what the new rules are, know what they need to do to vote in the fall. >> alex, there's an interesting article in "the national journal" written by your colleague that writes, swing voters are virtually non-existent these days. what does that mean? >> i think it is sort of representative of the fact that it is increasingly a polarized electorate, people don't identify down the middle, they identify strongly with the conservative movement or the democratic party. what you see in the presidential campaigns really not focusing so much on the middle anymore. mitt romney is focusing more on turning out his base in november, just the
the obama campaign believes this could be serious. the populations that tend to not have an id are minorities, young people, the very constituencies we just talked about a second ago that are going to be important to obama's victory if that happens in the fall. this is a big push for them to educate voters and to educate volunteers on how to get around some of these laws and make sure people are prepared, know what the new rules are, know what they need to do to vote in the fall. >> alex,...
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he can't cede that point even by a scintilla to obama that obama has the economy improving. it sounded as though he was trying to walk away from what he had just said when he was saying well of course there is always going to be a recovery but his message was off and if he doesn't, he can't cede that ground or he'll lose the foundation for his campaign. >> it strikes me, i was just hearing and was always thinking imagine the financial crisis moment, lehman collapses and mitt romney is the republican nominee in 2008. that would have been a different, you know, suddenly the turn-around artist, a fix it guy, that would have been a good asset to have for the republicans at that time. fair? >> that is always his strongest part in theory. that is his main credibility. that's his, you know, key thing to ride into the election on. so had that been the case, perhaps it would have been different. but the problem we all know and have seen, you know, molly's great piece for example, romney can't capitalize on this. >> it's funny you bring this up. i want to talk about this atlantic piec
he can't cede that point even by a scintilla to obama that obama has the economy improving. it sounded as though he was trying to walk away from what he had just said when he was saying well of course there is always going to be a recovery but his message was off and if he doesn't, he can't cede that ground or he'll lose the foundation for his campaign. >> it strikes me, i was just hearing and was always thinking imagine the financial crisis moment, lehman collapses and mitt romney is the...
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it's obama's fault. in fact, republicans used to be the can do individual responsibility party and that's what's lacking on all of this. yes, he goes lding a punch, but where is the hope? the idea that america can be reborn other than to say trust us? we will tell you, it's easier to trust us, we've got the leadership skills to do it. >> david, do you agree this was somewhat incontradiction to traditional conservativei srsm which doesn't blame circumstances or the institutions, but takes personal responsibility and paul ryan was basically saying if there's something wrong in your life or you can't tie your tshoe laces, blame the president. >> i think it was a speech chock full of various contradictions and politically and in term of the factual statements you went over earlier. what i heard last night was when paul ryan got out and said the real problem in this country for those of you suffering through a not great economy is central planners in washington. and he gave this vision of sort of that we're a
it's obama's fault. in fact, republicans used to be the can do individual responsibility party and that's what's lacking on all of this. yes, he goes lding a punch, but where is the hope? the idea that america can be reborn other than to say trust us? we will tell you, it's easier to trust us, we've got the leadership skills to do it. >> david, do you agree this was somewhat incontradiction to traditional conservativei srsm which doesn't blame circumstances or the institutions, but takes...
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the obama campaign attacked. there are questions about exactly what definitions you want to use of offshoring and outsourcing. there are definitions about time. the timeline and so on. but the basic attack was well known and i think in its heart had a lot to it. the romney campaign at first dismissed it. they tried to brush it off, make fun of it, they tried to counterattack by saying the president sent money overseas during the stimulus package. but it's only today more than a week later they're trying to react to a story they originally sent their staff down to the "washington post" to complain about. that was more than a week ago. >> joan, first read had this response to the new ad. quote, perhaps the biggest problem for team romney is this ad comes more than a week after the obama camp released its bain outsourcing ad. that's not quite rapid response. also today, "the new york times" reports on the disappointment of some romney supporters, built a reputation during the republican primaries as tough street fig
the obama campaign attacked. there are questions about exactly what definitions you want to use of offshoring and outsourcing. there are definitions about time. the timeline and so on. but the basic attack was well known and i think in its heart had a lot to it. the romney campaign at first dismissed it. they tried to brush it off, make fun of it, they tried to counterattack by saying the president sent money overseas during the stimulus package. but it's only today more than a week later...